Political leaders arrive in Delhi for NDA meeting25 May 2019 09:38Category: Politics Posted by Syed Qayam Ali Published: May 25, 2019, 2:56 pm IST Updated: May 25, 2019, 2:56 pm IST
New Delhi: A host of political leaders from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) arrived here to attend the BJP-led coalition meeting …

Congress top decision-making body meets to discuss LS rout25 May 2019 06:46New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met on Saturday to discuss the reasons for the party’s abysmal performance across the country in the 2019 general elections.
Foremost on the table is the challenge to keep the flock together in …

Lok Sabha elections: How India voted25 May 2019 03:29When over 60 million people across region, language, religion, caste, gender and other identities come out to elect a government for five years, they leave behind a rich footprint of preferences and behaviours. This time, more than in 2014, the voting …

Lok Sabha election results: BJP sweeps and gains25 May 2019 01:07Prime Minister Narendra Modi with senior BJP leader L K Advani in New Delhi, Friday. (PTI)
West Bengal: 42 Lok Sabha seats
The BJP increased its tally from 2 to 18 and its vote share from 16.8 per cent to 40.3 per cent. While the TMC’s tally dipped by 12, …

Congress draws a blank in 18 states, Union territories25 May 2019 00:21The Congress has drawn a blank in 18 states and Union Territories -- an indicator of its decimation in the Lok Sabha polls.
This is the Congress’ second straight rout in Lok Sabha elections after it was decimated in the 2014 polls when the party ended up …

Modi begins talks for new cabinet24 May 2019 21:02Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to hold talks yesterday to form a new cabinet to tackle a stuttering economy and other challenges facing his second term after winning a big majority.
According to a statement from office of president of India, …

LS polls: UPA performance only marginally better than last time24 May 2019 20:59[India], May 24 (ANI): Congress managed to add only eight seats to its tally of 44 it had won in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, marking its second consecutive electoral debacle in five years.
Last elections were the worst for the Congress when it got the …

Gayatri, other top seeds reach Jr. badminton quarters24 May 2019 19:10Chennai, May 24 (IANS) Top seed P. Gayatri Gopichand of Telangana faced her first tough fight in the Microplex Global and Yonex Sunrise All-India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament before prevailing 2-0 and entering the quarter-finals here on Friday night …

After Amul, Mother Dairy hikes poly pack milk prices24 May 2019 15:19By IANS
NEW DELHI: Following the price hike by Amul Milk, Mother Dairy is to raise the consumer prices of its poly pack milk variants in Delhi NCR effective from Saturday, the company said in a statement here.
The Mother Dairy 1 litre pack price has been …

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Party-wise and State-wise results24 May 2019 13:56Counting of votes for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2019 began Thursday morning across the country. Election Commission officials said results are expected only by late evening. The fate of as many as 8,040 candidates will be decided today when the …

LS polls: NDA wins 352 seats, BJP crosses 300 mark24 May 2019 13:48[India], May 24 (ANI): With the official count in the Lok Sabha elections over on Friday, the BJP has secured 303 seats, which is 22 more than it got in the 2014 elections and along with its allies the NDA took its tally up to 351 in the 17th Lok Sabha.
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Uttrakhand Lok Sabha result: BJP gets more than 60% vote share24 May 2019 09:07Image Source : PTI BJP sweeps 60 percent votes in Uttrakhand
The BJP which retained all the five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand with huge victory margins, also got more than 60 per cent of the vote share this time, the highest by any party in the history …

17th Lok Sabha Election, Uttarakhand: BJP retains all five seats24 May 2019 07:52Bhatt attributed the party's spectacular show countrywide to the vision and leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Dehradun: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday retained all five Lok Sabha seats in Uttarakhand, repeating its performance in 2014 …

Modi progenitor of Hindutva Plus24 May 2019 07:47New Delhi: After smashing through all bastions in north and middle India -- from Haryana, Himachal, Uttarakhand and Delhi in the north to Bengal in the east, all the way up to Assam in the northeast, Hindutva has a new sheen, hue and connotation. It is a …

Caste-driven honor killings still haunt India24 May 2019 06:02Rigid caste system means that some families choose to murder relatives who break its rules
A file image of Indian women attending a wedding. Despite laws in India banning caste system discrimination, someone marrying outside of their caste can result in …

INDIA DECIDES FOR MODI SARKAR 2.024 May 2019 05:06"India wins yet again!" tweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi as it became clear that Congress, India's oldest political party that had mounted a major challenge to him, was set to be routed, winning just marginally more seats than the 44 it …

A wildlife filmmaker's guide to India's Jim Corbett National Park24 May 2019 04:11(CNN) — As the sun rises over the canopy in India's Jim Corbett National Park, a sambar deer steps into view. The handsome animal is among hundreds of species in this diverse nature reserve.
Cheetahs, tigers, wild Indian boars, gray langurs and …

Modiâ€™s saffron tsunami puts India on a revivalist course24 May 2019 03:14Modi’s saffron tsunami puts India on a revivalist course
By Imtiaz Alam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his victory rally, has boasted that “no party could dare talk of secularism” after its exposure at the hands of “pseudoto secularists”. …

Resounding win for BJP, breaks new grounds in WB, Odisha24 May 2019 01:43New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Riding high on the planks of muscular nationalism and anti-Congressism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday secured a resounding mandate for the second consecutive term as BJP crossed the 300 mark by breaking new …

Modi Wave Paints India Saffron24 May 2019 00:25NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party to a super-sized victory for a second term in office, as his nationalism matra, security and a New India was wholeheartedly embraced by voters across large swathes of the …

Congress Fails To Open Account In 17 States And Union Territories23 May 2019 23:38New Delhi: After bitterly fought Lok Sabha elections, which lasted for over a month, the BJP is emerging victorious with a thumping majority of more than 300 seats and has cornered Congress to only 51 seats with a complete washout in 17 states and union …

Amarinder Singh stops the Modi wave23 May 2019 23:16Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Badal won from Firozpur and his wife Union minister Harsimrat Kau Badal retained Bhatinda.
New Delhi: The only state in northern India where the impact of the Modi wave seems to have been contained to some extent is Punjab where the …

BJP storms back to power with overwhelming majority23 May 2019 21:56Riding on muscular nationalism and a strident anti-Congress plank spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP on Thursday got an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha, crossing on its own the 300 mark while storming back to power for the second …

Seven former Congress Chief Ministers lose polls, two trailing23 May 2019 19:23New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) As the Congress suffered another debacle in Lok Sabha polls, several senior leaders of the party including seven former Chief Ministers lost their contests and two were trailing with big margins.
Three-time Delhi Chief Minister …

People of India have decided: Rahul Gandhi accepts defeat23 May 2019 16:51People of India have decided: Rahul Gandhi accepts defeat
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, staring at the face of defeat in his family bastion Amethi and in India, has humbly accepted defeat. In a televised press conference on Thursday evening, he said he did …

Modi magic sweeps Lok Sabha23 May 2019 16:40New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday led the BJP to a stunning victory in the Lok Sabha battle, with the ruling party itself set to win 303 seats in a marked improvement over its 2014 showing that left the opposition dazed and demoralized.
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Nine former Congress chief ministers lose this election23 May 2019 16:06New Delhi: As the Lok Sabha elections results show a BJP sweep across the country, as many as nine former chief ministers belonging to Congress, face imminent electoral defeat in the elections.
The list includes political heavyweights like Sheila Dikshit, …

No Congress MPs in 18 states/UTs, half-a-dozen ex-CMs bite dust23 May 2019 14:39If one drives from Jammu and Kashmir to Tamil Nadu, one will not find a Congress MP in half-a-dozen of states. The party has scored a nil in 18 states and union territories in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The Congress losers include eight chief ministers …

Amit is ‘Shah’ of Modi’s historic second term win23 May 2019 12:44New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi might be the man of the moment for winning the historic second term but it is Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah who is being hailed, even by the rivals, as the man behind the moment.
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Election Winners23 May 2019 06:52With the counting of votes underway across 1,100 centres to elect the 17th Lok Sabha, all eyes will be on who comes victorious at the end of this mammoth exercise. Majority of exit polls have given the Narendra Modi-led NDA a clear majority.
Here's a …

Who all are leading in key constituencies23 May 2019 04:32With the counting of votes underway across 1,100 centres to elect the 17th Lok Sabha, all eyes will be on who comes victorious at the end of this mammoth exercise. Majority of exit polls have given the Narendra Modi-led NDA a clear majority.
Here's a …

Green concerns left out of party manifestoes23 May 2019 04:04Environmental concerns are always someone else’s problem, as manifest in the great urban traditions of littering, leaving taps running and making an Olympic sport of shooting paan-tinted spittle at pristine walls. It also explains why green issues are …

File sent back, Government clears four judges for apex court23 May 2019 01:59The appointments, made by President Ram Nath Kovind, will result in the Supreme Court functioning at its full strength of 31 judges. (File Photo)
NEARLY TWO weeks after the Supreme Court Collegium recommended the elevation of four judges to the apex court, …

EC has no record of EVM technicians, alleges Congress leader22 May 2019 22:25[India], May 22 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand cabinet minister and Congress leader Navprabhat on Wednesday alleged that Election Commission has no knowledge of technicians who handle EVMs used in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Navprabhat claimed that the …

Nagaland emerge big winners at Himalayan Cleanup 201822 May 2019 04:18Morung Express News
Mokokchung | May 21
Just days ahead of The Himalayan Cleanup 2019, organizers of the camp today declared the results of the ‘Himalayan Cleanup Prize,’ with cleanup teams from Nagaland emerging as standout winners.
The Chizami Cleanup …

Mumbai North, Bangalore North see highest transgender turnout22 May 2019 02:50New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat with 167 votes saw highest turnout of transgenders as the voters listed in “other” category continue to be low all across the country, according to the preliminary data in Election Commission’s Voter …

Centre asks states for better preparedness ahead of monsoon21 May 2019 16:45New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) The Centre on Tuesday asked states to step up their preparedness by advance planning and deployment of human, physical and financial resources ahead of the southwest monsoon which will arrive in the first week of next month.
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Indian Dalit Killed By Upper-Caste Men for Eating in Front of Them21 May 2019 15:18A 23-year-old Indian man belonging to the Dalit - the lowest-caste formerly known as untouchables - was killed by a group of upper-caste men, after the victim allegedly ate in front of them at a wedding celebration in the northern state of Uttarakhand, the …

More arrests likely in Uttarakhand scholarship scam21 May 2019 11:28Dehradun, May 21 (IANS) After the arrest of 12 people in the Rs 100 crore SC/ST scholarships scam that rattled the Haridwar district, the Uttarakhand Police on Tuesday said some more arrests were likely on the completion of investigations.
“This is …

Whither RERA? Three years on, rough edges need ironing out21 May 2019 06:54In March, 2016, Parliament voted into law the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act—RERA—a legislation that held out the promise of placing consumers at the centre of a new rules-based framework for India’s property market.
RERA, midwifed by two …

PM’s cave stay Mission Impossible for security21 May 2019 01:22Fresh roads were laid from the cave to Kedarnath shrine.
Hyderabad: Old bathroom fittings were replaced with new ones including the geyser, new wifi router was in place besides a phone, the room plastered to give a new look, electricity supply restored and …

PM Modi's cave stay was Mission Impossible for securitymen20 May 2019 19:44Hyderabad: Old bathroom fittings were replaced with new ones including the geyser, a new wi-fi router was in place, besides a phone, the room was plastered to give it a new look, electricity supply was restored and a brand new room heater with radiator was …

RAW plot to sow anarchy in Gilgit-Baltistan busted20 May 2019 19:41Indian spy agency bankro­lled Balwar­istan Nation­al Front (Hameed Group) for creati­ng unrest in G-B
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ISLAMABAD.: In a major breakthrough, Pakistan’s intelligence agencies have cracked a subversive network working at the behest of the Indian …

Modi spends night in Kedarnath cave, thanks EC20 May 2019 11:02He also asked the people to visit Kedarnath and other areas of India in addition to places like Singapore and Dubai.
Category: News, Politics Posted by safoora Published: May 20, 2019, 4:22 pm IST Updated: May 20, 2019, 4:22 pm IST
Dehradun: After spending …

HPPL’s Rudrapur factory installs nine-colour rotogravure press20 May 2019 06:23The Mumbai-based flexible packaging major, Huhtamaki PPL (HPPL) has put into service a brand-new nine-colour rotogravure printing press to a battery of printing lines at its Rudrapur factory in Uttarakhand.
The new line was inaugurated by Charles Héaulmé, …

First madrasa run by RSS to be set up in Uttarakhand18 May 2019 09:09Category: India, News, Top Stories Posted by Rasia Hashmi Published: May 18, 2019, 1:57 pm IST Updated: May 18, 2019, 1:57 pm IST
Deoband: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is gearing up to put its plan into action of establishing madrasas across the country. …

Quake jolts Uttarakhand, Nicobar Islands18 May 2019 00:54[India], May 18 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 3.9 on the Richter scale hit Chamoli district of Uttarakhand in the wee hours of Saturday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Earlier, a light intensity earthquake of magnitude 4.9 struck …

Uttarakhand Girl Allegedly Arrested For Murdering Mother, Found Dead17 May 2019 17:33Girl was depressed, despite messages being sent, her father refused to meet her: Cops (Representational)
Dehradun: A teenaged girl, who was recently arrested for allegedly murdering her mother, was found dead at a rehabilitation centre in Uttarakhand, the …

Uttarakhand girl facing matricide charges found dead16 May 2019 12:22Dehradun, May 16 (IANS) A teenaged girl, who was recently arrested for allegedly murdering her mother, was found dead at a rehabilitation centre here in Uttarakhand, police said on Thursday.
Vinita Chauhan was arrested last month by the Haridwar police on …

No entry in Uttarakhand Secretariat without Aadhar card16 May 2019 09:47[India], May 16 (ANI): Those visiting the Uttarakhand government secretariat here will have to produce their Aadhaar card to enter the office premises, state Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Thursday.
"The requirement of Aadhaar card to …